Monthly Archives: October 2015
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When coaches are bullies: What should students do?
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
Mainstream Technology Gives Lift to Assistive Learning
The concept of assistive technology to help special education students achieve more in K-12 classrooms is nothing new, but the portability of many of the devices ... -
Obama Administration releases Testing Action Plan for K-12
President Obama is determined not to allow the moniker of “lame duck” stick to him. Last week, Obama and the Department of Education released their Testing Action ... -
Tools for Eliminating Racism in the Classroom
By Matthew Lynch Despite legislative changes that have made schools accessible to everyone, the mindsets of individuals who attend or work in schools have been slower ... -
6 Ways to Implement a Real Multicultural Education in the Classroom
Most American citizens are proud of our “melting pot” status. After all, how many of us refer to ourselves as one ethnicity or another, and not ... -
New "Seal of Endorsement" offered from the Global Educator Institute
The Global Educator Institute has launched a new initiative labeled the “Seal of Endorsement.” The Endorsement is a process in which new learning products are submitted ... -
5 Fascinating Statistics About High School Dropouts in America
Considering the flack the United States educational system gets for its underperformance, you might think that the high school dropout rate would be a cause for ... -
Do Gamified Language Learning Apps Work?
Note: The following guest post comes to us courtesy of Santiago Montero, founder and director of Spanish Tutor DC. Santiago has spent more than fifteen years ... -
10 online tools for better student research
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest posts are ... -
3 Initiatives Designed to Help Minorities Succeed in College
It seems that graduating from high school is no longer the end goal of P-12 learning – earning a college degree has replaced it. By 2018, ...